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7th that is actually a very good question and I wonder whether those 2 nabes are in competition. I agree with the better transportation, but I also think Harlem has better Brownstones (and more of them), and much more upside.
Everyone knows except for a few exceptional blocks Brooklyn brownstones beat Harlem brownstones most days of the week. They are usually wider and deeper on deeper lots which give a you a larger yard. Most of them have more original details. Transportation may be better in Harlem, but most Brooklynites are fine with their transit options.
Also for the record Brooklyn public schools are generally better than Manhattan's.
For those who purchased in Bed-Stuy, did you consider Harlem at any point?
I never considered Harlem. I wanted to be in Brooklyn. I had been watching as Carroll Gardens/ Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, Williamsburg, and Fort Greene all fell beyond my reach and finally pulled the trigger on my place in Bed Stuy.
I never considered Harlem. I wanted to be in Brooklyn. I had been watching as Carroll Gardens/ Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, Williamsburg, and Fort Greene all fell beyond my reach and finally pulled the trigger on my place in Bed Stuy.
Why not consider Harlem? Why Brooklyn?
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Don't know about the person you directed the query towards but IMHO the answer is simple: Brooklyn is much more "green" and less urban feeling overall than Harlem.
First time one went to Clinton Hill to a co-workers home for a party couldn't get over how "suburban" the place felt. Coming from Staten Island it had more of that same rural feeling than say living in Manhattan even near Central Park. Same goes for Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Heights, etc....
You also get far more home in terms of square footage in Brooklyn on average than say in Manhattan. From brownstones/townhouses to apartment buildings both old and new things just are larger.
Don't know about the person you directed the query towards but IMHO the answer is simple: Brooklyn is much more "green" and less urban feeling overall than Harlem.
First time one went to Clinton Hill to a co-workers home for a party couldn't get over how "suburban" the place felt. Coming from Staten Island it had more of that same rural feeling than say living in Manhattan even near Central Park. Same goes for Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Heights, etc....
You also get far more home in terms of square footage in Brooklyn on average than say in Manhattan. From brownstones/townhouses to apartment buildings both old and new things just are larger.
Aesthetics do matter to many. An ocean view was not on my criteria. But I love mine.
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That's not Stuyvesant Heights....that's the ghetto part of the Stuy....one of the ghetto parts I should say....also maybe it needs a lot of work, tenants still living there, who knows....
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You really have no idea what you are talking about. My place is on Macon and 1 block west of this place. It is identical to this place and I was offered 1.495 last month. Which by the way was full asking price.
You think you can actually rent out the two apartments for a combined $4500/month ?
Signs to us point to the home being in foreclosure and or the current owner is in distressed circumstances and the bank wants the property off it's books.
That someone paid over $600K several years back for a house in the rich deep heartland of Bedford-Stuyvesant does not follow anyone with sense would do so today. The place isn't a brownstone/townhouse block or street and is firmly in the hood and likely to remain so for decades.
That's not Stuyvesant Heights....that's the ghetto part of the Stuy....one of the ghetto parts I should say....also maybe it needs a lot of work, tenants still living there, who knows....
i see alot of fairly cheap houses, even if they need a lot of work... heres another
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